&vest
Orchid Bertelsen serves as Partner and COO at &vest since January 2025 and as an Advisor at Starday Foods since March 2023. Orchid is a Founding Member of ON_Discourse, a global community for C-suite leaders focused on business transformation through discourse, since September 2022. Orchid has held various leadership positions, including Chief Operating Officer at Common Thread Collective and Advisor at Govalo, while also contributing as a Board Member at The Creative Ladder. Previously, Orchid managed digital strategy and innovation at Nestlé USA, leading efforts across a diverse brand portfolio. Early career experiences include roles at Dentsu Creative and FTI Consulting, focusing on digital marketing and strategic engagement, and education was completed with a B.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
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&vest
&vest is a consumer brand investment and creative operations platform founded by Doug Jacob and Michael Lastoria, two entrepreneurs who have successfully scaled and exited numerous businessesWe leverage our financial, branding, operational, partnership capabilities in high growth verticals to create high-upside, de-risked investmentopportunitiesWe cross pollinate brands we own and are invested in and look to create high- impact extension opportunities that are accretive to all partiesWe invest in the following sectors that we have critical strategic advantages and deep industry connections:FAST CASUAL | RETAIL | CPG | FASHION | SPIRITS | BEAUTYWe leverage our experience in creating special, purpose-driven companiesalong with our operational know-how to create “one of one” brands We are VC meets creative agency